7-night Niagara and the Great Lakes Cruise

1. A+ onboard ship, C on pre & post itinerary details

   

   March 2024 Patagonia & Chilean Fjords, with Iguazu Falls Pre-Excursion

   PROS: Viking provides excellence in service, staff, food, beverage, staterooms, bathrooms, and general areas. Viking builds beautiful ships that are well-engineered (no squeaks or leaks). Octantis, with boosted stabilizers, handled the seas around Cape Horn easily. Pro: Iguazu Falls pre-cruise excursion was the highlight of our trip.

   CONS: Viking communication regarding pre and post cruise flight/excursions options was imprecise and late. V Agents could not tell us our charter flight information to Iguazu until we arrived in Buenas Aires. We packed to limited baggage restrictions, then found out we could leave bags at the hotel in Buenas Aires. Also, Viking did not provide a post-cruise option for one-day tours in Santiago (disembarkation) until we were onboard the ship. We had already booked an independent Viator tour which was non-cancellable at that point.

   RECOMMENDED: Yes

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2. Antarctica Jan 2024

   

   January 2024 Antarctica

   PROS: wonderful ship, crew, expedition team

   CONS: Long flights to get there

   RECOMMENDED: Yes

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3. Great experience with a few kinks

   

   August 2023 Great Lakes, Niagara Falls

   PROS: Staff was great, food was good, ship was not crowded, kayaking, ford rouge factory, bbq on shore w Native dancers

   CONS: Some tours were not great. Glass bottom boat tour rushed and underwhelming, submarine interesting but nothing to see except rocks and Zebra Mussels

   RECOMMENDED: Yes

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4. Mostly All Excellent

   

   July 2023 Undiscovered Great Lakes

   PROS: Amazing Food, Amazing Staff, Ship Amenities (Cabins/Group Rooms), SOV's

   CONS: DNB Closets

   RECOMMENDED: Yes

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5. A cruise on the Western Great Lakes

   

   June 2023 Thunder Bay, Duluth and Milwaukee

   PROS: Fantastic ship complete with scientists aboard collecting data from the water and from the lake water.

   CONS: The experience was over all too soon.

   RECOMMENDED: Yes

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